Factors Affecting Climate

Q.

Answer the following questions briefly.

(i) What are the controls affecting the climate of India?

(ii) Why does India have a monsoon type of climate?

(iii) Which part of India does experience the highest diurnal range of temperature and why?

(iv) Which winds account for rainfall along the Malabar Coast?

(v) What are jet streams and how do they affect the climate of India?

(vi) Define monsoons. What do you understand by “break” in monsoon?

(vii) Why is the monsoon considered a unifying bond?

Q. What are Onshore winds?

1. Winds that flow from the tropical region to subtropical region.
2. Winds that flow from the subtropical region to tropical region.
3. Winds that flow from the land towards sea.
4. Winds that flow from the sea towards land.

Q. Which one of the following is not one of the six major controls of the climate of any place?

1. Pressure and wind system
2. Latitude
3. Distance from the sea
4. Temperature

Q.

Which one of the following characterises the cold-weather season in India?

1. Warm days and warm nights

2. Warm days and cold nights

3. Cool days and cold nights

4. Cold days and warm nights

Q. If altitude increases, the temperature ______.

1. decreases
2. increases
3. does not change
4. first increase then decrease

Q. When we move from the equator towards the pole, how does the intensity of sunlight changes?

1. Increases
2. Decreases
3. Remains same
4. Exponentially increase

Q. Which prevents the southwest monsoon winds from escaping from India?

1. Low pressure over Central Asia
2. The Indian deserts
3. Tibet
4. The Himalayas

Q. The Earth is divided into equatorial, tropical, subtropical, temperate, and polar regions based on latitudinal position.

1. True
2. False

Q. Choose the factors that affect the climate of a particular place.

1. Temperature
2. Topography
3. Wind
4. Soil colour
5. Air pressure
6. Humidity
7. Precipitation
8. Population

Q. Which of the following instruments is used to measure maximum and minimum temperature?

1. Maximum-Minimum thermometer
2. Barometer
3. Wind gauge
4. Calorimeter

Q. When compared to Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi is more likely to experience moderate climate.

1. True
2. False

Q.

Explain the path taken by the summer monsoon in India.

Q. The factors that affect the climate of a place are latitude, relief features, distance from the sea, and the winds blowing in the region.

1. False
2. True

Q. Why is Darjeeling colder than Agra?

1. There is a warm wind that blows over Agra which makes it warmer than Darjeeling.
2. Darjeeling is at a higher latitude as compared to Agra.
3. Darjeeling is influenced by a cold ocean current.
4. Darjeeling is at a higher altitude as compared to Agra.

Q. An isobar is an imaginary line connecting places with equal barometric pressure.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following conclusions are true with regard to the table given below? City Max.temperature Min.temperature Range of temperature

Thiruvananthapuram	33$˚$C	28$˚$C	5$˚$C
Bengaluru	35 $˚$C	23$˚$C	12$˚$C
Delhi	38$˚$C	21$˚$C	17$˚$C
Goa	33$˚$C	27$˚$C	6$˚$C

1. Temperature ranges of places closer to the sea are smaller.
2. Thiruvananthapuram has the most moderate weather conditions in the list given.
3. Places far away from coast experience more extreme temperature changes.
4. Moderate climate in coastal regions is due to the presence of land and sea breeze.

Q. With regards to humidity, which of the following can be the consequence of increase in temperature of the air?

1. The water vapour holding capacity will decrease.
2. The water vapour holding capacity will increase.
3. The water vapour holding capacity will fluctuate.
4. There is no relation between the temperature and the water vapour holding capacity of air.

Q. Which of the following countries does not belong to a hot climate zone?

1. Sudan
2. Ethiopia
3. Libya
4. Sweden

Q. Why is the monsoon considered as the unifying bond

Q.

define retreating monsoon

Q.

write a note on the winter season.

Q. How tropic of cancer becomes an important latitude for india

Q.

Why do the North-East trade winds change their direction while blowing through Ganga Valley?

Q. How does latitude help in climate change

Q. Explain the factors that affect the climatic controls in detail

Q. Name two main monsoons wind how, which brings rain to indian soil

Q. The speed of the wind will be higher over ocean surfaces than over a dense forest cover area.

1. True
2. False

Q. explain itcz in detail

Q. Give reasons as to why the seasonal reversal of wind direction takes place over a few months?

Q. Which among the following factors do not impact the climate of a place?

1. Altitude
2. Distance from the sea
3. Ocean currents
4. Longitude